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Thanks for the FOAM membership, Rob! You'll be happy to know that since the episode aired, we've gotten the following comments from fans:

"wow..... you have changed my mind about﻿ aquaman"

"Aqua man is﻿ way cooler than Super man."

"I pretended to be Aquaman a fair amount as a kid-- Mind you, I generally did it when I was at the BEACH or in the bathtub, and he filled out the second half of the SUPERMAN/AQUAMAN HOUR﻿ cartoon at the time..."

"If only there were a show﻿ right after yours about Aquaman."

That last one sounds like an invitation to take the Fire and Water Podcast to radio!

While I don't know if Aquaman is an atheist (probably not), I'm sure he's not a member of any organized religion (surface world religions, anyway). It's actually an interesting question. To the best of my knowledge, DC has steered away from religion in its characters a bit more than Marvel has (that Daredevil is Catholic has been widely known for decades, for example).Any crazy stories from the Golden or Silver Age shed light on this subject, Rob?

Accoring to this site, Aquaman worships the Greco-Roman pantheon, with Poseidon/Neptune being the parton god of Atlantis.

http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Aquaman.html

However, I seem to recall during Peter David's run there was a battle between Poseidon's son, Triton, and Aquaman during which Aquaman mocked Triton and claimed to believe in a supreme being beyond the traditional Greco-Roman gods. He was actually quite dismissive of Poseidon, and at one point I believe Poseidon more or less gave up his role as protector of the seas and handed it off to Arthur.

Now that Aquaman's origin has been re-booted to the Pre-Crisis "Son of a Lighthouse Keeper" story, perhaps Arthur was raised with a more traditional "surface-dweller" religion. I believe Curry is an Irish name, so there's a good chance Arthur may have been raised Catholic. Just speculation on my part.

Woohoo! This is great! And I think its funny how things have changed since I was a kid! When I was young, it was the sign of a dork to say you were an Aquaman fan. And it was also heretical to admit being an Atheist! And now, people like Mr. Gillis and myself can proudly admit to being both and not be kicked in a corner. Well, not often. LOL